This project is a continuation of the former EuroYouth MediaLab strategic partnership http://eym.foyer-rural-cepage.com/ and aims at empowering existing MediaLab groups and creating new ones as well as fostering cooperation between these groups. To summarize, young people expressed the need to: - develop the MediaLab in Europe by opening the business to new groups. - Training in effective tools and methods to collaborate, in the long term, transnational and digital. - To improve the youth work. To meet these needs, this project has 4 main objectives. 1 / create new local groups by the inclusion of new organizations that are in contact with young people interested in creating information. Each partner is committed to supporting a group of at least 7 young people between 13 and 30 years old and to set up at least 1 session of 4 hours per month with these young people, including 1 virtual session of intergroup cooperation every 3 months, to create reports with a European dimension. 2 / promote exchange and cooperative work by integrating digital tools into the activities of MediaLab groups to enable young people to cooperate effectively via the Internet. 3 / train 2 participants from each MediaLab to, among others, design and share methods to prevent discrimination, methods for the use of digital in the framework of international cooperation. For that, we propose 2 training aiming to train to the animation using nonformal methods of education. These two training will also make the groups more autonomous to: - animate the local group of which they are part, - use digital tools to carry out cooperation actions 4 / to enable young people to increase their skills in reporting, participation, and inclusion. For that we propose 2 activities of learning and exchange of practices, allowing the young people to increase their skills in reporting, participation, and inclusion. The target audiences for this project are: 1 / young people: 2 / current youth leaders and becoming partner organizations. 3 / territorial actors where the organizations are located: 4 / individuals / the general public This project is transnational because of this: - will allow exchanging on different practices and methods of youth education - Allow the digital cooperation of several groups of young reporters from different countries for the creation of reports including the point of view of citizens of different countries. - Among young people, there is a need to interact with young people from other countries. The main short and long-term results expected are: - The constant development of the critical spirit of the participants. - Constant improvement of international cooperation capacities of host structures and participants. - The improvement of digital skills. - 5 MediaLab groups, including 2 new ones, ie about 50 young reporters - The creation of reports with a European dimension gathering information and points of view on themes that affect the countries of at least 3 partner organizations. - the acquisition by participants of transversal skills. - more autonomous MediaLab groups that have developed their ability to sustain themselves and positively influence their environment, without the need for constant support from support structures; - a more positive attitude towards the European project; - a sharing of the values of the European Union; - young people who are better able to participate in civic life and local, national and European citizens; - novice or experienced facilitators trained in the use of non-formal education methods
-Create new local groups by including new organisations in contact with young people interested in creating information. We created new local groups in 5 countries with a total of 35 young people who worked on creating information through video reporting. - Promote exchange and cooperative work by integrating digital tools into the activities of the Medialab groups to enable young people to cooperate effectively via the internet. Indeed, young people from different countries were able to collaborate through video conference meetings via the zoom tool. Transnational online meetings for young people took place every 3 months. - To train participants from each Medialab to, among other things, design and share methods to prevent discrimination and methods for using digital technology in international cooperation. - Enable young people to increase their skills in reporting, participation and inclusion through learning activities and practice exchanges.
Our project was born out of a desire to offer young people the possibility of gaining autonomy and refining their critical thinking skills through the production of video reports in the framework of a Medialab, with the aim of empowering local Medialabs. It was also a question of continuing the work begun with the previous EuroYouth Medialab project by extending the Medialab to other groups and by deepening the skills of the young people involved in the Medialabs. Through this project we wanted to train young people in effective tools and methods for long-term transnational collaboration via digital means and to improve their facilitation skills. It is also about strengthening young people's citizenship, including their European citizenship by reinforcing their sense of belonging to Europe.